Galileo, Courtier

Mario Biagioli

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press

Publication Date:

1994

Number of Pages:

402

Format:

Paperback

Price:

31.00

ISBN:

9780226045603

Category:

Monograph

BLL Rating:

BLL

The Basic Library List Committee suggests that undergraduate mathematics libraries consider this book for acquisition.

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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Court Culture and the Legitimation of Science
1: Galileo's Self-fashioning
2: Discoveries and Etiquette
3: Anatomy of a Court Dispute
4: The Anthropology of Incommensurability
Intermezzo: Roma Theatrum Mundi
5: Courtly Comets
6: Framing Galileo's Trial
Epilogue: From Patronage to Academies: A Hypothesis
References
Index

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